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July 19, 2024
PANG Media The PANG media team at this month’s Pacific International Media Conference in Fiji caught up with independent journalist, author and educator Dr David Robie and questioned him on his views about decolonisation in the Pacific. Dr Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report and deputy chair of Asia Pacific Media Network (APMN), a co-organiser ... <a title="PANG talks to journalist David Robie on Pacific decolonisation issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/19/pang-talks-to-journalist-david-robie-on-pacific-decolonisation-issues/" aria-label="Read more about PANG talks to journalist David Robie on Pacific decolonisation issues">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lee Morgenbesser, Associate professor, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University, Griffith University Sportswashing – the act of aligning with an athlete, sports team, or event in order to distract from unethical practices elsewhere – is driven by authoritarian states and is just about everywhere. In ... <a title="Sportswashing is just about everywhere – but it may be backfiring on the countries that do it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/19/sportswashing-is-just-about-everywhere-but-it-may-be-backfiring-on-the-countries-that-do-it-234810/" aria-label="Read more about Sportswashing is just about everywhere – but it may be backfiring on the countries that do it">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University Getty Images Reports that Associate Minister of Health David Seymour has told Pharmac, the pharmaceutical purchasing agency, to “stop factoring Te Tiriti o Waitangi into ... <a title="Ethnicity, equality and Pharmac: how the Treaty really guides NZ’s drug-buying policies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/19/ethnicity-equality-and-pharmac-how-the-treaty-really-guides-nzs-drug-buying-policies-235001/" aria-label="Read more about Ethnicity, equality and Pharmac: how the Treaty really guides NZ’s drug-buying policies">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland Breakingpic/Pexels Many people are drinking less sugary soft drink than in the past. This is a great win for public health, given the recognised risks of diets high in sugar-sweetened drinks. But over time, intake ... <a title="Cheeky diet soft drink getting you through the work day? Here’s what that may mean for your health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/19/cheeky-diet-soft-drink-getting-you-through-the-work-day-heres-what-that-may-mean-for-your-health-233438/" aria-label="Read more about Cheeky diet soft drink getting you through the work day? Here’s what that may mean for your health">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Gale, PhD candidate, Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago Exercising before bed has long been discouraged as the body doesn’t have time to wind down before the lights go out. But new research has found breaking up a quiet, sedentary evening of watching television with ... <a title="Want to sleep longer? Adding mini-bursts of exercise to your evening routine can help – new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/19/want-to-sleep-longer-adding-mini-bursts-of-exercise-to-your-evening-routine-can-help-new-study-234896/" aria-label="Read more about Want to sleep longer? Adding mini-bursts of exercise to your evening routine can help – new study">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Siminski, Professor of Economics, University of Technology Sydney 4kclips/Shutterstock If you listened to the Productivity Commission, you would think Australia was a pretty equal place in terms of income and wealth, and particularly good in terms of equality of opportunity. Its major investigation released last week, ... <a title="Yes, we are a more equal society than most, but not quite as mobile as the Productivity Commission suggests. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/19/yes-we-are-a-more-equal-society-than-most-but-not-quite-as-mobile-as-the-productivity-commission-suggests-heres-why-234804/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, we are a more equal society than most, but not quite as mobile as the Productivity Commission suggests. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Charles Ryan, Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Business, Law and Arts, Southern Cross University Shutterstock There’s little else in the food world that brings about as much social turbulence as the durian. This so-called “king of all fruits” is considered a delicacy across its native Southeast ... <a title="Why the stinky durian really is the ‘king of all fruits’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/19/why-the-stinky-durian-really-is-the-king-of-all-fruits-233872/" aria-label="Read more about Why the stinky durian really is the ‘king of all fruits’">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugh Possingham, Professor of Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock The laws designed to protect the environment in New South Wales are completely ineffective, according to the scathing Henry Review in 2023. In response, the state government this week announced a major overhaul of the ... <a title="Strong progress – from a low base: here’s what’s in NSW’s biodiversity reforms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/19/strong-progress-from-a-low-base-heres-whats-in-nsws-biodiversity-reforms-234917/" aria-label="Read more about Strong progress – from a low base: here’s what’s in NSW’s biodiversity reforms">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jayanta Sarkar, Associate professor of economics, Queensland University of Technology Akshay Chauhan/ Unsplash, CC BY Next month, we are expecting the results from the annual NAPLAN tests, which students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sat earlier this year. Each year, the tests are widely promoted ... <a title="What happens when you pay Year 7 students to do better on NAPLAN? We found out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/19/what-happens-when-you-pay-year-7-students-to-do-better-on-naplan-we-found-out-234281/" aria-label="Read more about What happens when you pay Year 7 students to do better on NAPLAN? We found out">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Former leading Canberra press gallery journalist, Laurie Oakes, now retired, had a cut-through question about the government’s response this week to the CFMEU crisis. “Bill Shorten tough and effective on CFMEU,” Oakes posted on social media after Shorten’s appearance on ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: it’s good to put administrators into the CFMEU – but how do you prevent future crops of bad apples?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/18/grattan-on-friday-its-good-to-put-administrators-into-the-cfmeu-but-how-do-you-prevent-future-crops-of-bad-apples-235010/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: it’s good to put administrators into the CFMEU – but how do you prevent future crops of bad apples?">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucy Janes, PhD Candidate, Literature and Languages, University of Stirling The River Clyde runs through Glasgow city centre. richardjohnson/Shutterstock In August 1879, around 6,000 spectators lined the banks of the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland, to see two teenagers called Elizabeth and Minnie swim half a mile. ... <a title="From the Clyde to the Seine, rediscovering Glasgow’s history of urban swimming could help shape the future of swimmable cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/18/from-the-clyde-to-the-seine-rediscovering-glasgows-history-of-urban-swimming-could-help-shape-the-future-of-swimmable-cities-234747/" aria-label="Read more about From the Clyde to the Seine, rediscovering Glasgow’s history of urban swimming could help shape the future of swimmable cities">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leanne Wiseman, Professor of Law, Griffith University, Griffith University Mr Doomits, Shutterstock Australians have a love affair with household appliances. The national household appliance market is projected to reach A$13 billion in 2024 – a figure that grows each year. On average, Australian homes have five large ... <a title="Is Australia becoming a dumping ground for unrepairable appliances?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/18/is-australia-becoming-a-dumping-ground-for-unrepairable-appliances-232266/" aria-label="Read more about Is Australia becoming a dumping ground for unrepairable appliances?">Read more</a>
